Blar i St. Olavs hospital på forfatter "Odland, Jon Øyvind"
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“Confidence comes with frequent practice”: health professionals’ perceptions of using manual vacuum aspiration after a training program
Odland, Maria Lisa; Membe-Gadama, Gladys; Kafulafula, Ursula; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Darj, Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Malawi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with unsafe abortion as a major contributor. Curettage is most frequently used as the surgical method for treating incomplete abortions, ... -
Health care providers' perceptions of using misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion in Malawi.
Wagenheim, Cecilie; Savosnick, Hedda Haraldsson; Chakhame, Bertha Immaculate; Darj, Elisabeth; Kafulafula, Ursula; Maluwa, Alfred; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Odland, Maria Lisa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save a pregnant woman’s life. Treatment for complications after unsafe abortions has a massive impact on the already impoverished health care system. Even though manual ... -
Health care providers’ perceptions of using misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion in Malawi
Wagenheim, Cecilie Annette; Savosnick, Hedda Haraldsson; Chakhame, Bertha Immaculate; Darj, Elisabeth; Kafulafula, Ursula Kalimembe; Maluwa, Alfred; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Odland, Maria Lisa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save a pregnant woman’s life. Treatment for complications after unsafe abortions has a massive impact on the already impoverished health care system. Even though manual ... -
Predictors of Maternal Serum Concentrations for Selected Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Pregnant Women and Associations with Birth Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study from Southern Malawi
Mwapasa, Mphatso; Huber, Sandra; Chakhame, Bertha Immaculate; Maluwa, Alfred; Odland, Maria Lisa; Ndhlovu, Victor; Röllin, Halina; Xu, Shanshan; Odland, Jon Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Population exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may result in detrimental health effects, especially to pregnant women, developing foetuses and young children. We are reporting the findings of a cross-sectional ... -
Pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational hypertension and preeclampsia at Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, Nepal: A retrospective study
Das, Seema; Maharjan, Renusha; Bajracharya, Rashmita; Shrestha, Rabina; Karki, Sulata; Das, Rupesh; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Odland, Maria Lisa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia are the most common types of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy and these conditions are associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. This study aims to ... -
Serum Concentrations of Selected Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Pregnant Women and Associations with Birth Outcomes. A Cross-Sectional Study from Southern Malawi
Mwapasa, Mphatso; Huber, Sandra; Chakhame, Bertha Immaculate; Maluwa, Alfred; Odland, Maria Lisa; Röllin, Halina; Choko, Augustine; Xu, Shanshan; Odland, Jon Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Pervasive exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) shows associations with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The aim of the present study was to examine the determinants of different serum PFAS concentrations in ... -
Women’s perceptions of and experiences with the use of misoprostol for treatment of incomplete abortion in central Malawi: a mixed methods study
Chakhame, Bertha Immaculate; Darj, Elisabeth; Mwapasa, Mphatso; Kafulafula, Ursula Kalimembe; Maluwa, Alfred; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Odland, Maria Lisa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Abortion-related complications are among the common causes of maternal mortality in Malawi. Misoprostol is recommended for the treatment of first-trimester incomplete abortions but is seldom used for post-abortion ...